Victor Vekselberg and Ilya Ponomarev. Collage The Skolkovo Foundation sued the State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the president of the Viktor Vekselberg Foundation. "We filed a lawsuit against Ilya Ponomarev," said Vekselberg. According to him, the lawsuit was filed in the Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow and adopted for consideration on April 26.

Igor Kalyapin. Frame from the video of Dmitry Borco The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Public Organization Committee against torture received an official warning against the prosecutor's office about the inadmissibility of violations related to the lack of registration of the organization as a foreign agent. This was reported by Interfax-Volga region with reference to the chairman of the organization, a member of the HRC Igor Kalyapin.

Barack Obama. Photo from the site www.immigrant-press.ru US President Barack Obama said that Washington has evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Syria. This was reported on the blog The Guardian. Nevertheless, Obama agreed, "We do not know who, how and when applied him." The American leader noted that he would not rush with conclusions until there is more facts at his disposal.

The Ministry of Justice of Russia. Photo: minjust.ru The Ministry of Justice obliged NPOs with the status of "foreign agents", once a quarter to report on the expenditure of the received funds. The corresponding order is published on the website of the department. In addition, every six months they must report on their activities.

Victor Grin. Frame of Prima TV Checks of non -profit organizations are carried out to identify "foreign agents" and forced them to fulfill the law. This is stated in a letter of deputy prospector Viktor Green addressed to the head of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov. The document says that the check of NPOs is not massive. Its results will be summed up in late May.

The “Patient Control” movement has carried out the action in defense of HIV-infected people in the form of a theatrical performance, the Grani.ru correspondent reports. The aim of the action was to call for suppliers of antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV not to tear up state auctions on ARV recreation, including for the treatment of children. On the shares, the activists of the movement conducted an auction on the lives of children with HIV.

Yulia Tymoshenko in a prison hospital. Photo fragment from the site President.lt The European Court of Human Rights unanimously recognized the arrest of the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko in the "gas business" and its maintenance under detention illegal and politically motivated.

Ilya Potapov. Photo: kurer-sreda.ru Ilya Potapov, mayor of Berdsk, suburbs of Novosibirsk and the second largest in the city of the region, was detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe of 3 million rubles. This was reported on the website of the TFR. Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code (receiving a bribe on an especially large scale), the official threatens up to 15 years in a colony and a fine of a 70-fold sum of a bribe.

130 years ago, on April 30, 1883, the Czech writer Yaroslav Gashkka was born, who became famous throughout the world "The adventures of the brave soldier Schweik." This novel has become one of the main antimilitarian works of world literature, and Joseph Schweik has become an immortal humorous way. In 1911, Gashki with a group of drinking companions created a parody "Party of moderate progress within the law." He usually finished his speeches at campaign meetings: “Citizens!

The inscription on the building "Memorial". Photo: Memo.ru The Moscow prosecutor’s office handed a document to Alexander Cherkasov a member of the board of the Memorial human rights center, obliging the Memorial to register as a “foreign agent”. The prosecutor's office believes that the center is "funded from abroad and is engaged in political activities." Cherkasov emphasized that the Memorial is not going to recognize himself as a foreign agent.

Storting is the parliament of Norway. Photo: Stortinget.no The deputies of the Norway Parliament turned to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Epen Bart Eide to follow the US example and consider the issue of introducing visa and economic sanctions in relation to persons involved in the case of Sergei Magnitsky, who died in the pre -trial detention center. This was reported in the press release of the Hermitage Capital Foundation.

Masha Hessen and Irina Lagunina Masha Hessen resigned from the post of head of the Russian Radio Liberty service of her own free will. This is stated in the press release of the radio station. Earlier, Gleb Morev, the editor of the CoLTA.RU portal, reported on the dismissal of the State Headquarters on his Twitter. Hesse decided to leave her post to write a book about Pussy Riot.

Swamp Square. Photo: Dmitry Borko/Grades.ru Two participants in the procession in the center of Moscow, which is holding an expert council of opposition on May 5, will have one policeman. According to the press service of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate, on May 6, the police intend to bring more than 5 thousand employees to Bolshaya Yakimanka and Bolotnaya Square. Meanwhile, the number of participants in the event, agreed by the Moscow Mayoria, is 10 thousand people.

Mosque in Kizlyar. Photo: IslamCenter.ru 17 guests of the wedding, beaten and detained by the police at the entrance to Kizlyar for Islamic flags that were decorated with the motorcade cars, were sentenced to administrative arrests. As the Caucasian Knot reports with reference to one of the guests of the celebration, Rasima Ibadanov, who also got to the police, 14 people received 10 days of arrest, two - 7 and one - 5.

Mikhail Dvorkovich. Photo from Twitter. Brother of the Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, entrepreneur Mikhail Dvorkovich, announced the creation of the movement "Putin and I against corruption!" He reports this on Twitter. The constituent conference of the new movement is scheduled for May 20. "I thought here at my leisure and realized that Putin is the only person who was able to defeat corruption in the highest echelons of power. I am for Putin!" - writes Dvorkovich.